Majorana zero modes in superconductor–semiconductor heterostructures

RM Lutchyn, EPAM Bakkers, LP Kouwenhoven… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Realizing topological superconductivity and Majorana zero modes in the laboratory is a
major goal in condensed-matter physics. In this Review, we survey the current status of this …

Long-range interacting quantum systems

N Defenu, T Donner, T Macrì, G Pagano, S Ruffo… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
In this review recent investigations are summarized of many-body quantum systems with
long-range interactions, which are currently realized in Rydberg atom arrays, dipolar …

Observation of Majorana fermions in ferromagnetic atomic chains on a superconductor

S Nadj-Perge, IK Drozdov, J Li, H Chen, S Jeon, J Seo… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Majorana fermions are predicted to localize at the edge of a topological superconductor, a
state of matter that can form when a ferromagnetic system is placed in proximity to a …

InAs-Al hybrid devices passing the topological gap protocol

M Aghaee, A Akkala, Z Alam, R Ali, A Alcaraz Ramirez… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We present measurements and simulations of semiconductor-superconductor
heterostructure devices that are consistent with the observation of topological …

Engineered platforms for topological superconductivity and Majorana zero modes

K Flensberg, F von Oppen, A Stern - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Among the major avenues that are being pursued for realizing quantum bits, the Majorana-
based approach has been the most recent to be launched. It attempts to realize qubits that …

Colloquium: Majorana fermions in nuclear, particle, and solid-state physics

SR Elliott, M Franz - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2015 - APS
Ettore Majorana (1906–1938) disappeared while traveling by ship from Palermo to Naples
in 1938. His fate has never been fully resolved and several articles have been written that …

Majorana quasiparticles in condensed matter

R Aguado - La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento, 2017 - Springer
In the space of less than one decade, the search for Majorana quasiparticles in condensed
matter has become one of the hottest topics in physics. The aim of this review is to provide a …

Spin-resolved Andreev levels and parity crossings in hybrid superconductor–semiconductor nanostructures

EJH Lee, X Jiang, M Houzet, R Aguado… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The physics and operating principles of hybrid superconductor–semiconductor devices rest
ultimately on the magnetic properties of their elementary subgap excitations, usually called …

End states and subgap structure in proximity-coupled chains of magnetic adatoms

M Ruby, F Pientka, Y Peng, F Von Oppen, BW Heinrich… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
A recent experiment [Nadj-Perge et al., Science 346, 602 (2014)] provides evidence for
Majorana zero modes in iron (Fe) chains on the superconducting Pb (110) surface. Here, we …

Majorana fermions and topology in superconductors

M Sato, S Fujimoto - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 2016 - journals.jps.jp
Topological superconductors are novel classes of quantum condensed phases,
characterized by topologically nontrivial structures of Cooper pairing states. On the surfaces …